ToxCast Chemical Landscape: Paving the Road to 21st Century Toxicology

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1225-1251

  Richard, Ann M ^a   Judson, Richard S ^a   Houck, Keith A ^a   Grulke, Christopher M ^a   Volarath, Patra ^b   Thillainadarajah, Inthirany ^a   Yang, Chihae ^c,d   Rathman, James ^d,e   Martin, Matthew T ^a   Wambaugh, John F ^a   Knudsen, Thomas B ^a   Kancherla, Jayaram ^f   Mansouri, Kamel ^f   Patlewicz, Grace ^a   Williams, Antony J ^a   Little, Stephen B ^a   Crofton, Kevin M ^a   Thomas, Russell S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Molecular Networks GmbH   (Germany)

^d Altamira   (United States)

^e Ohio State University   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CAS REGISTRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPERT SYSTEM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; TOXCAST CHEMICAL LIBRARY; TOXICOLOGY;

TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84982290320     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00135     Document Type: Review

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